children’s health

New Report Underscores How Fossil Fuels Impact Every System of the Body

November 5, 2025

Authored by leading health experts, this new report from PSR shows widespread health impact of extracting, transporting and burning fossil fuels.

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Marietta Ceiling Plant upgrade could increase emissions of pollutants near Marietta, Maytown

September 26, 2025

LNP article quoting PSR Pennsylvania Environmental Science Director Chris DiGiulio on the health impacts of air pollutants from manufacturing.

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RFK Jr Must be Stopped

September 2, 2025

As an organization dedicated to protecting human life from the gravest threats to health and survival, PSR joins leading medical and health experts and public health organizations sounding the alarm about the reckless leadership of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and we call for him to resign or be removed from office immediately.

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What’s Missing in MAHA’s Plan for Our Kids

August 20, 2025

Overall the plan is a dangerous misappropriation of science and a fundamental failure to recognize some of the gravest and most pressing threats to our kids’ health today.

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Tell EPA: Protect health, regulate hazardous air pollution!

July 15, 2025

INACTIVE – The Trump administration is trying to rollback important, health-protective emissions standards for mercury and other hazardous, life threatening air pollutants. Submit your comment in opposition!

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KC’s nuclear bomb parts plant is ramping up significantly.

July 9, 2025

Op-ed by PSR Board Member Ann Suellentrop, MSRN, in the The Kansas City Star [subscription required].

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Medicaid, CHIP, environmental justice must be legislative priorities

May 9, 2025

Op-ed in The Tribune-Review by Matt Shorraw, PSR Pennsylvania

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Expanding a Washington tax credit could be a prescription to help lower-income patients

April 10, 2025

Op-ed in Washington State Standard by Esther K. Chung, MD, Washington PSR member.

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Nadler, Garamendi, and Castor Reintroduce Legislation to Codify the EPA Office of Children’s Health Protection

March 25, 2025
Child with asthma inhaler

Rep. Jerry Nadler Press Release quoting PSR’s Paige Knappenberger and PSR Maine’s Dr. Sydney Sewall.

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Climate Change and Child Health

February 24, 2025

In this session, participants will examine case studies on climate change and its effects on children, alongside pediatrician responses over the course of one year in Virginia. Co-sponsored by Texas PSR. CME credit available.

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